by BethL | Oct 20, 2017 | Torah Commentary, Torah to Go
A voice called. I went. I went, for it called. I went, lest I fall. At the crossroads I blocked both ears with white frost And cried For what I had lost. — Hannah Senesh, At the Crossroads (Hungarian poet and Special Operations Executive paratrooper ...
by BethL | Sep 17, 2017 | Torah Commentary
We greet one another before Yom Kippur with the wish: G’mar Chatimah Tovah – גמר חתימה טובה — which means: A good final sealing, or in proper English: May your inscription in the Book of Life be a good inscription, one with staying power. The essence of...
by BethL | Jul 17, 2017 | Published Writings
Reprinted from a post on RavBlog: Reform Rabbis Speak, Central Conference of American Rabbis (July 17, 2017) Our tradition teaches that there are seventy faces of the Torah. Originally, shiv’im panim laTorah referred to the multiplicity of ways a single verse can be...
by BethL | Mar 8, 2017 | Torah Commentary, Torah to Go
This Shabbat is special because it is Shabbat HaChodesh (Sabbath of the New Month), which precedes Nisan, the first month of the Jewish year. Hasidic tradition calls this Shabbat LeHitchadeish (Sabbath of the Renewal) because of the haftarah, from Ezekiel 45-6, which...
by BethL | Feb 12, 2017 | Torah Commentary, Torah to Go
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will...
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